David Russell Shailer

The Item of Millburn and Short Hills

A memorial service for former township resident David Russell Shailer was held April 8 at the Community Church of Vero Beach in Florida. There will be a private celebration of his life in Millburn Township on Saturday, May 17.

Mr. Shailer died April 1 in Vero Beach.

He was born in 1939 in Morrisville, Vt. He lived in Millburn Township for over 30 years, before moving to Convent Station and Vero Beach.

He graduated from Colgate University, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and Yale Law School.

Mr. Shailer worked in the financial services industry and was the managing director for the Douglas, Noyes division of TBP Partners in New York.

Mr. Shailer is survived by his wife, Josephine; a daughter, Sarah Shailer Speace of Chatham; a son, Andrew of Morristown; a sister, Suzanne Askew of Columbia, Conn.; and two grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Mr. Shailer's name to the Class of 1961 endowed scholarship fund of Colgate University, P.O. Box 313, Cana Joharie, NY, 13317, or Heart Success, care of the foundation for Morristown Medical Center, 475 South St., Morristown, NJ, 07960.

David Russell Shailer

The Item of Millburn and Short Hills

A memorial service for former township resident David Russell Shailer was held April 8 at the Community Church of Vero Beach in Florida. There will be a private celebration of his life in Millburn Township on Saturday, May 17.

He was born in 1939 in Morrisville, Vt. He lived in Millburn Township for over 30 years, before moving to Convent Station and Vero Beach.

He graduated from Colgate University, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and Yale Law School.

Mr. Shailer worked in the financial services industry and was the managing director for the Douglas, Noyes division of TBP Partners in New York.

Mr. Shailer is survived by his wife, Josephine; a daughter, Sarah Shailer Speace of Chatham; a son, Andrew of Morristown; a sister, Suzanne Askew of Columbia, Conn.; and two grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Mr. Shailer's name to the Class of 1961 endowed scholarship fund of Colgate University, P.O. Box 313, Cana Joharie, NY, 13317, or Heart Success, care of the foundation for Morristown Medical Center, 475 South St., Morristown, NJ, 07960.